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1972
Born Phoenixville, PA
Currently lives and works in Dallas, TX
EDUCATION
1999
B.F.A. Studio Art, Painting/Drawing, School of Visual Arts, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2005
Q.E.D., Los Angeles, CA
2004
James Cohan Gallery, NYC
2003
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2002
Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
Art in America, Now, Shanghai MOCA, Shanghai, China
2006
USA Today, The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Road Agent Ambush 2006 (Stand and Deliver: Your Money or Your Life), Road Agent, Dallas, TX
A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Springtide, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
2001
Swallow Swenson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, curator Rachel Kent (catalogue)
New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art, Louisiana, curator William A. Fagley (catalogue)
2000
Out of the Ordinary: New Art From Texas, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX, curators Lynn Herbert and Paola Morsiani (catalogue)
Artistic Centers: Dallas/Ft Worth, TFAA/Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX, curator Suzanne Weaver, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Charles Wiley, Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, TX (traveled)
Natural Deceits, Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, TX, curator Michael Auping (catalogue)
SELECTED BIBILIOGRAPHY
2007
"Recommended: Erick Swenson, James Cohan Gallery," TimeOut New York, May 17, 2007
2006
Gibb, Brian, "Erick Swenson Interview," Art Prostitute, August 2006
2005
Horton, C. Sean, "Erick Swenson, James Cohan Gallery," Sculpture, March 2005
2004
Leffingwell, Edward, "Erick Swenson at James Cohan," Art in America, October 2004.
Dailey, Meghan, "Erick Swenson", review, ArtForum, September 2004.
Plagens, Peter. "Art's 'Star Search'", Newsweek, March 22, 2004.
French, Christopher. "How do Texans stack up at the Whitney?", Houston Chronicle, April 30, 2004.
2003
Knight, Christopher, "Erick Swenson at UCLA Hammer Museum", The Los Angeles Times, Friday, February 21, 2003
Mitchell, Charles Dee, "Erick Swenson at UCLA Hammer Museum", (brochure essay) January 26-May 4, 2003
2001
Drake, James, New Orleans Triennial, (catalogue), New Orleans Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 108–111
Flash Art, Swallow & Swenson @MCA Sydney, November/December 2001, p. 45
2000
Auping, Michael, "Natural Deceits," catalogue, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2000, pp. 1-11
Herbert, Lynn, "Erick Swenson," Out of the Ordinary: New Art from Texas, catalogue, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2000, pp. 84-91, reproductions
AWARDS
1999
The Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Fund, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2004
The Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant Program Award, The Joan Mitchell Foundation
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth, TX
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI
The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
The Saatchi Collection, London
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York